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    Work Photos

    That sure is some exceptionally handsome wood you’ve got there Rico. Congrats - home building is tough, but made easier with first grade materials.
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    Merlo 50.30 removing trees in central MA

    Just love that soundtrack - it seems to match the mood of your removal, a spritely ballet. I hope your spirits are as light and lively as you’re seeing the removals smoothly racing along. Bravo.
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    Ashes to bicycles - something for wood lovers

    Here’s a video that those of you dealing with EAB or those who just love wood might find encouraging. If you like wood joinery the middle of this clip shows some of the most sophisticated joints you’ll ever see. There’s also a cogent discussion about the properties of wood as a structural material.
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    Breaking dead ash limbs

    I am also felling ash trees on the instructions of the forestry engineer. He has instructed me to fell them ALL. At first I was hesitant, partly because I have a lot, and in places the bush will be nearly “bald”, but also because so many look pretty healthy. As I progress in this work I am...
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    freezing point of canola oil

    Further investigation of this issue has made me realize that in practice canola oil is really quite tolerant of lower temperatures. For example during a recent temperature dip (-20°C or -4°F at night and -16°C or 3°F daytime) the small container of canola oil I keep aside for my pole saw (which...
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    Removing pine sap from equipment

    For a gentle approach - removing sap and gum from hands, clothing or ropes, for example, Castile soap works wonders.
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    Today....

    Every day I’m out in, or even near trees is great fun to me, although it’s taken me decades to figure that out. On top of that, here it was a day “like the first day of Spring”.
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    Today....

    My fleet! - on the job on the nicest day of 2022, so far. :bailando:
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    Hand Ascenders

    I have and use the CT Quick Roll that has an integrated non-life support pulley. It is a quick way and compact way to get switched to a yo-yo setup or what ever, but I find the grip small and uncomfortable (large hands), even though I have cut the plastic bump off it.
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    Is anyone else a fan or follower of Ernest Shackleton?

    Shackleton was the very definition of a heroic adventurer and cannot but be admired, still my man’s Amundsen. He like a good arborist, got the job done with minimal drama, and no risky, long odds rescues required.
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    Depth gauge setting (can of worms)

    I’m impressed. I tried to take a similar approach with my Huskies but... - for example though my 550 and 562 have the same pitch and gauge chain, and the bars are interchangeable, the length of the chain does not match. Thus although the bars and chain may be “shared” the chain loops are...
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    Superior Power pole saw?

    I do love my Husky electric pole saw - I was using it this morning, but unfortunately I can’t compare it to others as it’s the only pole saw I’ve ever owned. With electric keep in mind that the motor is directly driving the sprocket and is essentially silent - except for chain noise. There is...
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    freezing point of canola oil

    Don’t feel too bad, your in good company.:cry::cry: Shortly after buying my Husky 536LiPT5 pole saw, chain oil was “pouring” out of the saw head when stored, so I checked the manual - nothing there. Took it in to the dealer. He just glanced at it and said, “They do that.”
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    freezing point of canola oil

    I have had the same success at those temperatures - but that was when taking my saws out to work after they spent the night heated indoors. I believe the oil doesn’t “freeze” quickly - it’s more a slow thickening molasses like business, unlike the distinct solidification of water.
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    freezing point of canola oil

    A couple of years ago I started using exclusively canola oil in my electric saws. This winter I got lazy and have been storing them in the cold instead of bringing them in at night, only bringing in the batteries. I now see the error of my ways. The oil congealed at the temperatures we’ve been...
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    Rope reel?

    The OmniBlock requires a single completely recessed button to be fully depressed once, the cheek plate rotated, and then the button must be pushed again and the plate rotated once more to fully open the block. On the other hand it only needs to be “snapped”, with no button pressing, closed.
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    Rope reel?

    I got the idea from this forum, seeing some using the Omni SwivaBiner on their bridge, and thought of adding a carabiner to my OmniBlock for the same result. I really can’t see the block opening without some incredibly unlikely circumstances, but love is blind. What do I like: I’ve got it...
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    Rope reel?

    Keeping in mind that I manage a “Mickey Mouse” operation (with Chip, and Dale, and Alvin):), and that even for Canada it’s a darn cold day (‘twas -35°C or -31°F when I arose, on the thermometer this morn, so you see me pictured lingering by the back door instead of in the bush) this is the...
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    How big were ancient trees?

    This poster gives my neighbouring province a bad name, just by using it in his or her handle. He or she also gives “firewood” a bad association, by posting trash like this. Too bad. :pcmala:
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    Christmas Contest 2021

    13.3333333333...oz. Hopefully this guess hits the mark by being both a great decimal and a fine fraction. Also as a Canadian I’m playing for the honour not the prize. :)

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